Whip-rack



lJ. J. READ.

(No Mode.)

WHIP RACK.

No. 290,268. Patented Dec. 18, 1883.

Win ses: l? /f ff UNITED TATns PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. READ, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WHIP- RACK.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters vPatent No. 290,268, dated December 18, 1883. v

Application tiled March 19, 1883.

To /LZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. READ, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which is capable of holding a large number of common whips and any desired number of that class of whips known vas bow-Whips7 or English coach-'whips in a .small and compact space without interfering` with eaeh other, each whip being capable of removal without disturbing the others, and

the bow-whips being so hung that the delicate l bowed lash in which they terminate will be preserved in its proper shape while suspended from the rack. rIhe device by which I accomplish these results is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents an inverted plan of my improved whip-rack as it is fastened to the wall, and Fig. 2 shows a front elevation ofthe same.

As will be readily seen from the drawings, this whip rack consists of two parts-a grooved base-piece, A, and a spurred crownpiece, B. This hase-piece consists of a thick disk of any desired circumference, and upon its periphery are formed anumber of grooves, b b, as shown in Fig. 1. Of course it is not necessary to make this base-piece of wood,

though I have found wood tof bega very light,

handsome, and popular material' for this part of the rack; nor is it necessary that more than the upper half of this base-prece should have a circular periphery. lThe lower half may be of any shape desired. The crown-piece is (No model.)

the shape being substantially as shown, in that tween which the common whips are placed, project considerably from the center of the crown. I have therefore placed these spurs upon the outer' edge of a semieireular sweep, C, leaving the space D inside the sweep open. In the center of this crown-piece B is a long screw, c, preferably cast solid with the crown, and this screw passes through the center ofthe base-piece A, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, to bite into the Wall, post, or other support ou which the rack is hung. The length of this screw will obviously depend upon the thickness of the base-piece A, which in turn depends upon the number of grooves b b to be provided for bow-whips. IVhere four or five grooves are made therein, the screw will be much longer than that shown in the drawings, where two bow-whips only are used, and must be -in all cases of sufficient length to pass through the base-piece and bite the wall firmly.

I do not intend t'o limit myself to the exact shape of the crown and base-piece, as itis obvious many convenient shapes may be usedinstead of those shown; but

I claim- The above-described whip-rack, consisting of a grooved base-piece and a sernicircular spurred crown held together by the screw by which said rack is fastened to the wall or other support, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.

JAMES J. READ.

IVitnesses:

W. P. PREBLE, Jr., VVTLLIAM S. RoGnRs.

4o it is desirable to have the small spurs e a, be- 

